Cash-box



(No Model.) I B. C. FOSTER.

GASH BOX. N0.,374,149. Patented Nov. 29, 1887.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN C. FOSTER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CASH-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,149, dated November29, 1887.

Application filed June 24, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, BENJAMIN G. FOSTER, of Baltimore city, in the Stateof Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cash-Boxes,ofwhich the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to cash-boxes having different compartments forbills and fractional currency; and it consists in the peculiarconstruction and arrangement of parts designed with reference toconvenience, safety, compactness, and easy portability, as will behereinafter fully described.

Figure 1 is a perspective view with the box laid open upon a table, andFig. 2 is a vertical crosssection of the box closed.

A and B represent the two sections of the box, which are made of sheetmetal, and are hinged at their edges so as to form two equal halves,which may be laid open upon a flat surface or closed the one upon theother.

In the four corners of one of the sections A is soldered or formed lipsor cleats a, upon which rests a removable board or tray, 0, having four(more or less) holes in the same, in which are seated detachablecoin-holders D. These coin-holders are formed of a circular marginal rimor bead, c, and an attached pit of hemispherical shape, made of stampedwoven wire. This forms a light and well-ventilated receptacle for thecoin, which prevents them from sweating, and from which the coin may bereadily clutched by the fingers. The'space in the section A beneaththecoin-tray is to be used for notes, checks, bills, receipts, or otherpapers handled by the cashier or person using the box. In the othersection of the box there is formed a longitudinal partition, 01, whichforms two compartments for banlrnotes, which are covered by two slidingplates, E E. These plates have flanges e e, by which they may be slid,and both their edges at right angles to the flanges slide in the samegrooves in the boxsection, which grooves or guides are formed by twoparallel and longitudinally-arranged flanges, ff, projecting from theside walls of the box-section. These two sliding plates when closed overthe bank-notes below protect them against the wind, and said plates alsoform a convenient tray above them for counting out change or other use.If desired, wire clamps Serial No. 242,418. (1\'o model.)

may be attached to and form a part of these plates for holding notes andpapers. Either of these plates may be moved inwardly toward the middleline of the box to expose either end of the bank-notes below.

F is a detachable base-plate, which has an 4 overturned edge, 9, atoneedge, locking-catches h on its opposite edge, and ribs i on the sides,which stiffen the plate and hold the box in place thereon.

At one side of the bottom of the box-section A is formed a projectingflangeor lip, Z, and in the other side is arranged a lock, 3'. Thisbase-plate is designed to be screwed or othcrwise fastened securely to atable, desk, or other support in such a manner that the cash-box may belocked down to it and there held against surreptitious removal. Thisfastening of the box detachably to this plate is accomplished in thefollowing manner: The box is placed upon the baseplate, with its lip orflange lextending under the overturned edge 9 of the base-plate, whilethe bottom of the box is seated between the ribs 1' i.

The lockj is a double-acting lock, and when it is operated by its keyitlocks both the catches B ofthe other section of the box and thecatches h of the base-plate, thus simultaneously looking the box inclosed position and also locking the box down to the base-plate, whichis rigidly attached to the table, desk, or other support.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the perforated tray, of coin-receptacleslocated in said perforations and made of stamped gauze-wire with amarginal bead or rim, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the box-section A, of the box-section B, hingedto section A

